Angels & Demons

When world-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a
Swiss research facility to analyze a mysterious symbol — seared into the chest
of a murdered physicist — he discovers evidence of the unimaginable: the
resurgence of an ancient secret brotherhood known as the Illuminati… the most
powerful underground organization ever to walk the earth.

The Illuminati has surfaced from the shadows to carry out the final phase of
its legendary vendetta against its most hated enemy… the Catholic Church.

Langdon’s worst fears are confirmed on the eve of the Vatican’s holy
conclave, when a messenger of the Illuminati announces he has hidden an
unstoppable time bomb at the very heart of Vatican City. With the countdown
under way, Langdon jets to Rome to join forces with Vittoria Vetra, a beautiful
and mysterious Italian scientist, to assist the Vatican in a desperate bid for
survival.

Embarking on a frantic hunt through sealed crypts, dangerous catacombs,
deserted cathedrals, and even to the heart of the most secretive vault on
earth, Langdon and Vetra follow a 400-year old trail of ancient symbols that
snakes across Rome toward the long-forgotten Illuminati lair… a secret location
that contains the only hope for Vatican salvation.

An explosive international thriller, Angels & Demons careens from
enlightening epiphanies to dark truths as the battle between science and
religion turns to war…